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Audiological evaluation in patients with Behçet's disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 July 2014

N D Sonbay ,
C Saka ,
S Tatlican ,
E Vuralkan ,
N Aygener ,
C Eren  and
I Akin
N D Sonbay
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yalvac Government Hospital, Isparta, Turkey
C Saka
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Clinic I, Ankara Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
S Tatlican
Affiliation:
Department of Dermatology, Ankara Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
E Vuralkan*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Clinic, Trabzon Kanuni Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
N Aygener
Affiliation:
Department of Audiology, Ankara Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
C Eren
Affiliation:
Department of Dermatology, Ankara Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
I Akin
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Clinic I, Ankara Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Erkan Vuralkan, Department of Otorhinolaryngology Clinic, Trabzon Kanuni Research and Training Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey Fax: 0090 462 230 2307 E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Objective:

This study aimed to determine the characteristics of hearing loss in patients with Behçet's disease.

Methods:

Twenty-six consecutive patients with Behçet's disease and a control group consisting of 25 age-matched healthy subjects were prospectively included in this study. Pure tone and speech audiometry, tympanometry, distortion product otoacoustic emission testing, and auditory brainstem-evoked response assessment were performed in the patients and controls.

Results:

The pure tone audiograms and the results of distortion product otoacoustic emission testing showed statistically significant hearing loss in the Behçet's disease patients (p < 0.05). Auditory brainstem-evoked response results were not significantly different between the patients and controls (p > 0.05).

Conclusion:

The findings of the present study demonstrated that audiological involvement is more frequent in patients with Behçet's disease than in healthy controls. Therefore, all patients with Behçet's disease should be regularly monitored by an otolaryngologist and be given information about the possibility of inner-ear involvement.

Keywords

Behçet DiseaseAudiometryAuditory Brainstem ResponsesHearing Loss
Type
Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 128 , Issue 8 , August 2014 , pp. 694 - 697
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2014 

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